#4499C8#4499C8

#4499C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.107 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4499C8
RGB	rgb(68, 153, 200)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 23.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, -10.91, -31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 33.57, 251.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% -0.0601 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.108 236)
XYZ	xyz(24.1964, 28.1790, 58.7963)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4499C8 #C87344

analogous

#44C8B5 #4499C8 #4457C8

triadic

#4499C8 #C84499 #99C844

tetradic

#4499C8 #B544C8 #C87344 #57C844

square

#4499C8 #B544C8 #C87344 #57C844

split-complementary

#4499C8 #C84457 #C8B544

monochromatic

#215471 #2F78A0 #4499C8 #73B3D6 #A3CDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4499C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#4499C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4499C8

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4499C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4499C8	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8398CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4499c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 153, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.107 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7d9',
    500: '#4499c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4499c8;
$custom-light: #86b7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4499c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.364,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65072,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.28182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4499C8

secondary

#D1AC97

accent

#7F4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4499C8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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